[tz] Commentary-only releases - let's not (was: Re: Please Don't Feed the Trolls (was Kyiv not Kiev))

[Petro Ord]

> However, Iran abolishes DST from 2023. Thus, there's no clock change
> in 2023. If we don't publish new tzdata by then, the tzdb is obsolete.
This change needs to be also approved by the Guardian Council.

сб, 2 июл. 2022 г. в 03:37, Đoàn Trần Công Danh <congdanhqx at gmail.com>:
>
> On 2022-07-01 23:21:32+0300, Petro Ord via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:
> > > the current release will be out-of-date on 2023-March-21 (due to DST changes in Iran)
> > I'm trying to figure it out why it will be out-of-date only on 21 March 2023
>
> It's not necessary to publish tzdb for every other years since the
> rules are predictable.
>
> Kyiv/Kiev follows E-Eur rules, and it seems like nothing is going to
> change in a foreseeable future.
>
> For Iran, it's another story.
>
> Current asia file has:
>
> Rule    Iran    2021    2023    -       Mar     21      24:00   1:00
> Rule    Iran    2021    2023    -       Sep     21      24:00 0 -
>
> IOW, Iran normally observe summer time, and if the rule wasn't
> changed, they will observe DST in 2023-Mar-21 (their 1 Farvardin).
>
> However, Iran abolishes DST from 2023. Thus, there's no clock change
> in 2023. If we don't publish new tzdata by then, the tzdb is obsolete.
>
>
> >
> > пт, 1 июл. 2022 г. в 23:11, Guy Harris via tz <tz at iana.org>:
> > >
> > > On Jul 1, 2022, at 12:14 PM, Petro Ord via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > >> If we somehow get through this year's late silly season with no urgent
> > > >> releases, the current release will be out-of-date on 2023-March-21 (due
> > > >> to DST changes in Iran) so we'd need a release a few months before then
> > > >> to allow plenty of lead time for downstream maintainers and consumers.
> > > >
> > > > So the fact that Ukraine DST ends in October 2022 does even bother you.
> > >
> > > The time zone database currently has the region for Ukraine following EU rules, which specify that DST ends in October.
> > >
> > > Has there been an announcement from Ukraine that they will be going on permanent standard time ending in 2023?
>
> --
> Danh